The Art of Entertaining. Tti.tstitj is no/art in the world so littlo studied or, understood as that of ontorl.aining one's friends. Foople imaglno that with fine rooms, good music, and bountiful nntl well-ordered refreshments, n party is bound to succeed. This is quite n:Tnistako. I have boon at entertainments whore tho rooms wore gloriously largo and lofty, tho music ;a' thing ft'o ? dream of, and tho supper arrangements porfoct ; but whoro tho prooood ings wore as " flat, stale, and altogether unprofitable" as a thraa-days-old glass of champagne. Tho success or non-success' of a party cloponds entirely on the pooplo who compose it, and bno of, tho ohioE reasons of the failuro of so many ontortainmonts is a want.of tact on tho part of tlio hostess in issuing her invitations. G uests arot frequently invited poll-moll, wlthoxat any regard as to whothor thoy will enjoy each other's sooloty. Of course, whoro thoro is an open broach between two. familios thoy are not invitod to the same...

The effects on the digestion, of which so many people complain, Is 1'reqnently due to the excessive use ol! tea and coffee. Many, constitutions cannot stand this, even when the tea and coffee is the very best, wlilch in most oases it is not. A trial of FRY'S COCOA has proved inestimable to such people from its mild and nutritive qualities.—[Advt.]

Tjik selonco of medicine Is regnrdod as something dark and mystorious by the lay mind, and at times it must soom wholly inexplicable to its professors. For instance, somo months ago a pationt was dismissed from the Melbourne Hospital ns cured, and it now turns out that he car ried away with him a portion of the Hos pital furniture in tho shape of a silver tube carefully stitched up in his back. The circumstance is of a rather disquiet ing character, and its publication will no doubt give other Hospital patients an un comfortable sensation that they are the depositary of other surgical appliances. When auything is missing from tho insti tution. iu future, it would bo wise to hold a review of patients who had boon operated upon, and an ofEectivo search of their bodies could thou bo made by means of probos. It is simply reckless extrava gance to allow peoplo to carry surgical instruments about under thoir skins, and the practice should be abandoned at once. -'■■.'As the discussion on t...

Green Room Gossip. Mn. DAmnsi/ii's Company sturtad for Adolaide yesterday. They are to appear in rlio Sunny South on Saturdaynext, and will follow-with the Squatter aud other plays. The Soason is ito last a month, nftor which Mr. Darrell goes to Sydney, whore he will succeed the Opera Company at the Opera Mouse. Managehs are already making engage ments with a view : to the Christmas competition, which will bo severo. The Alexandra and the Now Princess Theatre are both to be rendyby the end of the year; and with live dramatic' establish ments in full swing, there-ought to be no difflcultyin obtainingongngbments. What the managers will make out of it is quite another thing. • MR; Lithrow Jambs, a well-known baritone from London, husband of the fa mous Miss Florence St. John, is to play ■the Blaok Hover in Isidorn iri Sydney. Mr, Edo-AH Bruce is said to be quietly enjoying a pleasure trip among us. The loaso of the Bijou Theatre, wliioh Messrs. Williamson, Garner, and Mus gravo have ta...

A Family Picture. De An Mn. " Table Tabic,"—The other day ma aaicl to pW that'.us children ought to havo our photo graphs 'taken to send' home, boon.use pa's old aunt, th'at pa says} has a lot of money, and lias lived an awful long'1 time—longer than .Taak and 'Liza and Polly and baby and mo all put together. Pa agreed, and so wo wont with liiin on Saturday last. It was just fun Mr. Tablo Talk,, and I'm going to toll yon how it hap pened, ' 'Liza's got a cast in her oyo, so pa told the portrait man to take' h'or. on the bast side of her fnoo.' Ma told liira to do this,' as his old aunt in England might think it spoilt tlio'picture, and take a dislike to us all. Pa did hot tell tho'man this, and when 1 was just, begin ning to, pa .just sat on me like one o'clock. Wlton pa had paid his monoy and grumbled at what a lob a "group" coats, wo wont to have our hair done, This just always voxas buby awCul, Ho klokud Polly, who hold him, arid raised n lump on lior lip, 1 guoss Polly's portrai...

Students' Night. „ Thk ovohing of last Tuesday .week was made famous by what is tochinically.known as n-.M Sfcudqnis^NjgUt.M boing liotcl at t.bo Thoatro. Iloyal,, that is, a committee of University Mon bought tbo gal lory for tbo night, issued tickets, got up a programme,'and carried it out. This was tbo third demonstration bold in Molbourno. Those " Students' Nights " are trikon by tlio actors as a special mark of esteem from tbo ^University, and Miss Goneviovo Ward, in whoso honour ono was bold last Soptembor appreciated the attention so highly as . to. . 3'ocpiost, to ho presented with tbo banner usad on that' oooasion. As howovor it was of such largo size, she was presented with a miniature copy exactly similar in ovary rospoct to the large one, Tho (Irst " Students' Night" was celebrated by four or five score students • making their appearance among tho astonished gods and causing; considerable stir in Olympus. On tho soooncl and third occasions, howovor, thoy- to tho number o...